Just Sit Saturday@ASZC

The title tells you most of what you need to know: a Saturday morning built around extended sitting. The published description covers the format only for the morning — zazen alternated with walking meditation — and doesn't say whether the day includes anything beyond that block. "Just sitting" is the English rendering of shikantaza, the central practice of Soto Zen: sitting upright and still, with no counting technique or meditation object. Alternating sitting with walking meditation is the standard shape of a Zen meditation block; the walking rests the legs without ending the sitting period.

The center frames this as a bridge: a way to strengthen a daily sitting practice and get ready for extended meditation in upcoming retreats. If you've been sitting on your own and wondering how you'd hold up in a longer format, this is the lighter entry point, and at $25 it's a small commitment. Beyond that, the listing is thin — no teacher is named, no start or end time is published, and there's nothing about meals or an afternoon program — so the center's event page at aszc.org is the place to check before registering. The center's name gives the lineage, Soto Zen, but as published the listing doesn't identify who will be leading the morning.